Butamax -- a maker of technology to produce biobutanol -- has been in a long patent dispute with Gevo -- a producer of renewable isobutanol. Each has claimed that the other violates its biofuel patents.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $543 million settlement with the trustee for Bernard Madoff’s firm was approved by a federal bankruptcy judge, ending a case in which thousands of investors accused the bank of ignoring the scheme

The portfolio, which consists of intellectual property related to mobile operating systems, contains approximately 2,400 patents. It features approximately 1,000 patents granted and pending in foreign countries – such as China, Japan, Korea, Germany and the U.K. -- and 1,4000 granted and pending patents in the U.S.

The rules will make any entity that falls into that category responsible to a number of new rules, and will require each to form relationships with independent auditors to ensure there are open lines of communication to the OCC.